March 17, 2009

Goldberg’s scare tactics

Jonah Goldberg is fair when he lambastes White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel for saying, “Never allow a crisis to go to waste” (3/12, Opinion, “Exploitation of crisis, fear is not leadership”). Such comments are unseemly and boorish. Mr. Goldberg is less than fair — really, he is dishonest — when he suggests the current administration is using fear to somehow sneak through its “long-standing liberal agenda on health care, energy and education.” Fear has nothing to do with it. That agenda was the basis of Barack Obama’s bid for the presidency. It was his campaign promise.Mr. Goldberg compounds his dishonesty by saying the administration’s tactics are “fundamentally undemocratic.” How so? The majority of Americans who went to the polls in November voted for the man and his promises.Quit trying to scare us, Mr. Goldberg.

Comments

I have no idea what was in his record that would cause anyone to vote for him. Maybe it was his lack of a record. I'll tell you what though, if in November of 2012 I still have the same job that I do now I will vote for him myself.

mike d
How do you evaluate a candidate other than by what he says and his past record? As Obama had virtually no past record what other means did anyone have to evaluate him other than what he said? Many not only believed everything he said but read even more into his remarks than they actually contained.